Takashi Aiba

Takashi Aiba
"I can still see it even though I destroyed my eyes.."
Japanese	相庭 崇 あいば たかし
Age	27
Family	Iori Aiba (younger sister)
Occupation	History teaching assistant at Kusanagi University
Room	Ward 1
Cause of Death	Blossoming
Date of Death	Day Without Suffering
Encounter	Haibara Infirmary Ward 1 (Phase VIII)
Games	Fatal Frame: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse
Notes	Bundle of Burned Letters Patient Interview: Takashi Aiba Fragment of an Unsent Letter

Takashi Aiba is a ghost in Fatal Frame IV.

Past

Takashi was a classmate and friend of Choshiro Kirishima at university. He became an assistant professor of history at Kusanagi University, and took an interest in the masks of Rogetsu Isle and their connection to Moonlight Syndrome. He and his younger sister Iori travelled to the island to attend the Rogetsu Kagura in the 1970s. Takashi hoped to be able to visit the place where the masks were crafted, and may have spoken to Soya Yomotsuki as part of his research. During this time he wrote letters to Choshiro Kirishima, having heard that he would be visiting the island as well; the letters were never sent, however, and most of them were later burned in the incinerator behind Haibara Infirmary. Choshiro only learned much later that Takashi had been on the island.

Takashi and Iori attended the Rogetsu Kagura, after which both of them contracted Moonlight Syndrome. They remained on the island for treatment. At first Takashi wrote that the cases were mild and nothing to worry about, but his condition deteriorated, and he reached the "Budding" stage of the disease. His letters to Choshiro became more fragmented, preoccupied with the Mask of the Lunar Eclipse. As his illness grew worse, he attempted to blind himself, but wrote that he could still see the mask.

On the Day of Tranquility, when Sakuya Haibara began to roam the island, Takashi wandered into Rogetsu Hall in search of an escape, but ended up in the kitchen with no way out.

Fatal Frame IV

Takashi has two attacking appearances in-game. In Phase VII he can be fought alongside Tadayuki Kaido in the outside courtyard, and in Phase VIII, he appears with Iori in a ward of Haibara Infirmary, and the two attack together.

Misc. Info

• Like Iori, Takashi has bandages wrapped around his eyes.
• A glitch in the Wii game prevented Takashi's "blossoming" shot from registering on the ghost list. This was fixed in the remaster.

See Also

• For other hostile ghosts, see Hostile Ghosts.
• For more information on Moonlight Syndrome, see Moonlight Syndrome.